Ticket-holding case.



A. STINSON'. TICKET HOLDING CASE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16, 1910.

Patented Jan. 10, 1911.

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ALBERT STINSON, OF VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.

TICKET-HOLDING CASE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 16, 1911.

Application filed June 16, 1910. Serial No. 567,145.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT STINSON, citizen of Dominion of Canada, residing at Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, Canada, have invented a new and useful Ticket-Holding Case, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a card holding case or street car ticket holder of that class having means by which a card may be proj ected from the case, when required, and my invention has been directed to the provision of such a case which is simple and inexpensive to manufacture and which is free from features liable to derangement in use, and having special means to facilitate the ready refilling of the case.

The invention is particularly described in the following specification, reference being made to the drawings by which it is accompanied, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of the sliding lid being broken aw'ay, showing the means whereby the spring pressure plate is held down when the lid or cover of the case is opened for recharging, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section showing the case as charged with tickets and with one of them projected for use.

In these drawings 2 represents a simple rectangular box-conforming approximately to the dimensions of the tickets for which it is designed to be used. Fitting loosely within this box is a spring bearer plate 6 having secured. to it acoiled conical spring 9 the smaller end of which bears upon the bottom of the box. This spring and bearer plate are designed to press the tickets tightly against the under side of the lid.

The upper edges of the sides of the box 2 are outwardly flanged, as at 3, for the slidable engagement of the edges of the lid or cover 4 which are bent around them, as shown in Fig. 1.

The back edge of the slidable lid 4 is carried beyond the back of the box 2 and is bent around as at 5, to afford a finger hold by which the lid may conveniently be withdrawn, when required, and extending half way along the middle line of the box is a slot 7 within which is slidable a member 8 having a finger engagement outside and a ticket engaging projection inside of the lid. The slot 7 is carried beyond the back of the box 2 sufficiently far to enable the ticket engaging projection to be clear of the tickets within the box and thus enable the top ticket within the box to be pressed up against the under side of the lid 4 where it will be engaged by the ticket engaging projection of 8.

The upper edge of the front of the box is recessed down below the general upper edge to provide a passage 11 between it and the under side of the cover 2 through which a ticket may be projected, as at 15, by the member 8.

Projecting downward within the box, on each side from the forward edge of the lid 4 are wedge members 10 which are designed to press down the spring bearer plate 6 when the lid 4 is drawn back so that the box may be conveniently recharged with tickets without having to contend with the spring resistance, and the forward end of the plate 6 is cut away on each side, as at 12, to enable the plate to rise freely under the pressure of the spring when the lid of the box is closed.

In filling the box the lid 4 is drawn back, as shown in Fig. 1, by which. action the spring plate 6 is pressed down and the tickets may readily be inserted. The lid is then closed and the top ticket being then, by the action of the spring, pressed tightly against the under side of the lid when the engagement 8 is pushed forward its under side engages the back edge of the top ticket and the ticket is projected for convenient removal, as shown in Fig. 2. The engagement 8 is then drawn back ready for further use, when required.

The back end of the box 2 is cut away, as at 14, to permit withdrawal of the lid altogether, when required, and as at 18 to per mit the passage of the ticket engaging portion of the member 8.

A simple, cheap and eflicient card holding case is thus provided which, although par ticularly designed for use as a car ticket holder, is suceptiblc of adaptation for other similar purposes.

Although the bend 5 afl'ords a convenient means for withdrawal of the lid and reinforces the same where it is weakened by the slot it does not form an essential feature of the device.

Having now particularly described my invention and the manner of its use, I hereby declare that what I claim as new and desire to be protected in by Letters Patent, is:

1. A ticket holder, comprising in combination, an open rectangular box having an aperture in the front end through which a ticket in contact with the lid may be projected, a spring and bearer plate Within the box, an endwise slidable lid having means for projection of the ticket in engagement 5 with the lid, and means when the lid is drawn back for pressing down the bearer plate against the resistance of its spring.

2. A ticket holder, comprising in combination, an open rectangular box the upper side edges of which are outwardly flanged and the front end recessed below the upper surface to provide for the passage of a ticket between it and the lid, a lid the side edges of which are folded over to engage the out- ,wardly flanged edges of the box said lid 1 having a lengthwise slot within which is endwise slidable a finger and ticket engaging member, wedge members dowmvardly projecting on each side from the front end of the lid, a spring and bearer plate within the box the sides of the plate being cut away toward the front end to clear the wedge members of the lid.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT STINSON.

lVitnesses ROWLAND Bnrrram, ALEXANDER SMITH. 

